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Children are the most honest critics. They will say "You're funny", but also "You're pathetic - go away." (Dylan Moran)
You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them. View quote
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I'm not drunk onstage, although I've done that a couple of times when I was younger. It's partly just the way I talk - I talk like somebody in a rocking chair. I'm your 150-year-old grandmother. View quote
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I was lucky in the sense that I was never blessed with an overly reflective nature. View quote
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I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive. View quote
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As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with. View quote
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I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off. View quote
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Paper acts as an eraser on the mind, as soon as you look at what you've written. View quote
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I write all the time, but you just want to be careful what you put out. That's all. You want to have the confidence that you've done what you need to do to it, because otherwise it's an exercise in vanity. View quote
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I don't know that you're able to measure your aggregate wisdom as you go through life. I can't say that I ever feel that I'm sitting on top of a growing mound of wisdom. View quote
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I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it. (Dylan Moran)
I'm delighted to make as many people feel ashamed as possible. There's probably a site like that for everybody. I've heard Newt Gingrich has his own as well. View quote
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I don't want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef. View quote
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I'm organised in some ways, but not in others. View quote
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America is this incredible mosaic of immigrants, so people really want to be anchored in some kind of culture as well as the one they are living in. View quote
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I quite fancy the 1940s. I like the trams and the trousers. View quote
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I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I'll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets. View quote
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I don't go to different countries to criticise their political system and tell them what they should be doing - what do I know? View quote
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Do your own thing. Speak in your voice. View quote
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I never really had a career, to be honest with you. I never in my life sat down and planned it. I have thought, 'Oh, I'd like to do this,' like anybody would. But I'm not the type that says, 'If I do this, it will lead to that.' View quote
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It probably says something really clinically terrible about my character that I need to get up on a stage and go 'Ra ra ra' in front of people. (Dylan Moran)
I'm really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don't think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead bodies. I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it. View quote
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I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that, or it's like this, and that's really up to them, that's fine, but I don't sit around all day analysing it. I just try and enjoy a show and interest myself because if I don't do that then I won't interest anybody else. View quote
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The terror of failure can make you feel like a failure. So a bunch of people think you're not very good at your thing. How much do you invest in what they say? How much do you care? Failure is not putting yourself on the line. View quote
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When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers. They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their eyes, walking into trees, opening the wrong door. They had no idea how to present themselves. View quote
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